I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.
SERENA WILLIAMSI’m a high-performance athlete: I’m running, I’m sprinting, I’m sliding, I’m doing pretty much everything and the last thing I want to worry about is my chest. I want to just worry about playing the sport at the highest level that I can.
More Serena Williams Quotes
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When you lose, you get up, you make it better, you TRY AGAIN.
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How many people yell at linespeople? I see it happening all the time. I don’t know how many times I have seen that happen.
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Everyone in this room knows that Venus is probably one of the greatest people on the tour. She’s really great. She’s super professional. Complete opposite of me.
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My smile is my favorite part of my body. I think a smile can make your whole body.
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Since I don’t look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good.
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I try not to be protected. Because I feel like you can become a little bit of a robot. That’s not who I am. And I don’t want to be monotone. It’s important to be yourself, whatever the cost.
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I’ve had to learn to fight all my life – got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.
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I love tennis more than designing because it’s actually easier and I don’t get nearly as nervous.
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Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream.
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I always ask my dad why wasn’t I a lefty? Even when I was younger I wanted to be lefty. I could have been really good.
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I don’t go thinking I’m going to lose. I never go into a tournament thinking that. I’ll do the best that I can.
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To this day, I don’t love my arms. People want more fit arms, but my arms are too fit. But I’m not complaining. They pay my bills.
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I always believe I can beat the best, achieve the best. I always see myself in the top position.
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I really hope that I can be helpful in that journey because I do believe that women deserve the same pay. We work just as hard as men do. I’ve been working, playing tennis, since I was three years old. And to be paid less just because of my sex – it doesn’t seem fair.
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If you smile things will work out.
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